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	<P><H3>Psalm 40</H3>
	<SUP class="vnum">1</SUP> Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 
	<SUP class="vnum">2</SUP> The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 
	<SUP class="vnum">3</SUP> The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 
	<SUP class="vnum">4</SUP> I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 
	<SUP class="vnum">5</SUP> Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 
	<SUP class="vnum">6</SUP> And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 
	<SUP class="vnum">7</SUP> All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 
	<SUP class="vnum">8</SUP> An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 
	<SUP class="vnum">9</SUP> Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 
	<SUP class="vnum">10</SUP> But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 
	<SUP class="vnum">11</SUP> By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 
	<SUP class="vnum">12</SUP> And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 
	<SUP class="vnum">13</SUP> Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. <I><B>ALLELUIA.</B></I>

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